Gorgeous
Saturday Feb 5, 2005. What a GORGEOUS day to be outdoors and skiing! Blue sky's, 30 F with the sun shining down on you. It was such perfect weather that the wife decided she was too hot in her ski jacket and ordered me to stove it in the locker at the lodge. Reaching the slopes was no small task, we woke up later than planned on account of sleeping through the alarm set for 4:30 am. We had spent Friday evening with family, which usually means game night and is usually fun. For the first time in months we did not play as teams, which drastically cut down on the fights that usually mark these events. We were having so much fun that we took forever to get home. So it was quite late when we eventually got around to taking care of pre-skiing chores, including filling the hydration packs, laying out the bibs and jackets, ensuring the GPS, walkie talkies and camera batteries are juiced up, etc.
One of the most amazing things I saw on the slopes, were blind skiers. Saturday was "Discovery" day and there were tons of them all over the place. Some of them were just brilliant. We saw a blind skiier going at high speed through trees using only the voice of the guide in front as a reference for when to turn. It was awe inspiring to say the least. If someone can over come such disability to get so proficient at skiing blue and black slopes, one can do anything. This has got to be the gutsiest thing I have ever seen, even beating the blind sky diver on my first jump. Here is the website of the organization that facilitates such events in case anyone wants to donate money to a great cause.
I got back home by 7:00 pm and then had to attend a bachelor party. Being dog tired, I wasn't too keen on going but protocol demanded a show, so I volunteered to be the designated driver while people around were getting smashed, and with that the others dint feel too bad about waiting till I got back from the slopes. We closed out the night with a visit to the club, shaking our legs to some bad live band.
Eagles lost the Super Bowl, which sucked but for the first time in the many years since I have been watching the super bowl the match was not a blow out or a low scoring game. So it was quite interesting despite the lack of any bay area teams.
One of the most amazing things I saw on the slopes, were blind skiers. Saturday was "Discovery" day and there were tons of them all over the place. Some of them were just brilliant. We saw a blind skiier going at high speed through trees using only the voice of the guide in front as a reference for when to turn. It was awe inspiring to say the least. If someone can over come such disability to get so proficient at skiing blue and black slopes, one can do anything. This has got to be the gutsiest thing I have ever seen, even beating the blind sky diver on my first jump. Here is the website of the organization that facilitates such events in case anyone wants to donate money to a great cause.
I got back home by 7:00 pm and then had to attend a bachelor party. Being dog tired, I wasn't too keen on going but protocol demanded a show, so I volunteered to be the designated driver while people around were getting smashed, and with that the others dint feel too bad about waiting till I got back from the slopes. We closed out the night with a visit to the club, shaking our legs to some bad live band.
Eagles lost the Super Bowl, which sucked but for the first time in the many years since I have been watching the super bowl the match was not a blow out or a low scoring game. So it was quite interesting despite the lack of any bay area teams.
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